Stukeley Plays 'the Battle of Alcazar' by George Peele and 'the Famous History of the Life and Death of Captain Thomas Stukeley

Name: Stukeley Plays 'the Battle of Alcazar' by George Peele and 'the Famous History of the Life and Death of Captain Thomas Stukeley
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ISBN: 9780719085642

ISBN-10: 0719085640

ISBN-13: 9780719085642

Edition: 2005

Authors: Charles Edelman

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Sir Thomas Stukeley, the notorious English courtier, pirate, adventurer and soldier, died at the Battle of Alcazar in Morocco in 1578, while serving in the army of King Sebastian of Portugal. This volume comprises the first modern-spelling, annotated edition of two plays in which he is a major character: George Peele's The Battle of Alcazar(c.1588), and the anonymous Famous History of the Life and Death of Captain Thomas Stukeley(c.1596). In his extensive introduction and commentary, Charles Edelman discusses the plays' authorship, their many textual problems, and what they reveal about Elizabethan performance practices. He also challenges most of the traditional assumptions about them.…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 8/31/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English

Charles Edelman teaches Literature and Performance at Edith Cowan University, Australia